| Characteristics | Author |
| Entrepreneurs have a need for achievement and express three characteristics: they take personal responsibility for their decisions, they set goals and strive to achieve them, and they accept feedback on their actions. | |
| An entrepreneur combines the characteristics of innovation, proactivity and willingness to take risks. | |
| The entrepreneur has initiative, assertiveness, is oriented toward efficiency, plans systematically and is committed to results. | |
| Entrepreneurs tend to be individuals who are different from the average population. They are not predictable. It seems that any attempt to profile the typical entrepreneur is a less-than-fruitful effort. | |
| An entrepreneur creates something of value by dedicating time and effort and by assuming the financial, psychological and social risks in return for financial rewards and personal satisfaction. | |
| Entrepreneurs have a propensity to make decisions and may express overconfidence. They can persuade people around them. This behavior sometimes drives decisions that, if they had been made rationally, would have taken a longer time, perhaps resulting in the loss of the opportunity. | |
| Entrepreneurs have a need for achievement, a propensity to take risks and a preference for innovation. | |
| By concentrating their efforts on anticipating market demands, entrepreneurs are in a strong position to offer new products and services as well as reap significant results in terms of performance. | |
| Entrepreneurs are committed to business growth and have a good understanding of their customers which was developed from previous experience in the sector of interest. | |